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The first part of Henry IV : with the life and death of Henry sirnamed Hot-spur / by Mr. William Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, printmaker.; Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1734
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Title
The first part of Henry IV : with the life and death of Henry sirnamed Hot-spur / by Mr. William Shakespear.
Uniform title
King Henry IV. Part 1
Created/published
London : Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXXIV [1734]
Description
96 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, printmaker.
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
"A reprint of the 1732 Tonson-Feales edition. First state of the 1714-1728 plate"--Folger card catalog.

Engraved frontispiece lettered: P. Fourdrinier scul., v. 4, p. 87.

Signatures: A-D¹².

Full-page notice on leaf A2r by W. Chetwood, prompter.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T54727
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 87
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2810 1734a copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In blue paper wrapper.
Folger accession
cs1186
Call number
PR2810 1734a copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In quarter goat with brown paper boards; gilt title on spine.
Folger accession
cs1415
Call number
PR2810 1734a copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Disbound. "No. 39" in manuscript on t.p.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2810 1734a copy 4 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In brown paper wrapper.
Folger accession
cs945
Call number
PR2810 1734a copy 5 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle. Half leather binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Halliwell-Phillipps copy.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2810 1734a copy 6 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Disbound.
Folger accession
cs780
Call number
PR2752 1734-35b copy 9 v. 8 item 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Copy 9 consists of 8 vols. of Shakespeare's plays printed in 1734-35 by Tonson, bound in a different order than the collected works, and lacking vol. title pages; this play is the first of five in v. 8. Mottled calf binding with marbled endpapers. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present